Autographic register.



S. M. RATLIFF & W. L. PAYNE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. 1912. 1,267,452. Patented May 28,1918.

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Attorney S. M. RATLIFF & W. L. PAYNE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER,

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, I917.

Patented May 28,1918.

Sfanley M. Rafliff Wiiiiam L. Payne Inventors by M w. 5 m

Attorney warren timer.

Sammy RAT'IJIrF Ann wIiELIAiVI'L'. PAYNE, or aonwoo'b', o'iiIo;

reaidearrmd amnesia:

Apjiliationfild jur as, 1917.

To'all whom it may concern:

it known that we, STANLEY .M. Bar

mrr and lVILLIAM L. PAYNE, citizens of the casing i'ncl'oses one or more stores of strip paper which may be drawn under a wicket in the casing over a tablet so as to permit the paper to be written upon, the strips of paper being then withdrawn from the casin'g, or coiled up into a record-roll within the casing. or one strip withdrawn and torn off as used, while the other strip is coiled 20.

up within thecas'ing.

The improvements will be readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the acco mpal'iyiiig drawingsinwhich I Figure l is a side elevatioii of aregister einbodyin'g an exemplificatio'n of our improvements: p i

Fig. 2 a side elevation of the casing, removed:

Fig. 3 a plan 01 the register Fig. l an end elevation of the register, at its discharging end: I

Fig. 5 a side elevation of the register with the'casing and finger-piece absent, and with the platen partially elevated:

Fig. 6 a verticallongitudinal section of the register in the plane of line aof F 3, i and 8: I I v Fig. '7 a diagrammatic showing of the run of the papers; parts of the register appearingin the same vertical longitudinal section as in Fig. 6: r

Fig. 8 a plan of the register. the casing being absent. and parts appearing in horizontal seetion in the plane of line b of Figs. 1 and 6: g

F ig. 9 a plan of portions of the embossing rolls; I

Fig. 10 an elevation of the driving clutch of the storage roll: i

Fig. 11 a rear side elevation of the gearing actuating the storage roll:

Sileciiic'ation assessment.

Patented May 28', 1918.

Serial 1\l'o.'183,5222.

F ig.;12'a front side elevation of the free end of the pivoted platen: and

F ig. 13 an elevation of a portion of the coun'tershaft.

The figures of the drawings are upon a diversityof scales.

Registers" of the general. class to which our improvementsrelate, are sometimes arranged to'deal with a single strip of paper from which the records of transactions are torn one by one," but it is themor'e usual c-uston'rto'provide forduplicating the record beingmade} the apparatus providing for the supply of a plurality of papers. In a very common use of machines of this class, oi'ie-sup'ply of paper will provide thepaper which is to be torn oil", for instance, as sal es' bills to'be given to'custoiners', For the sake of convenience we will refer to this paper asthe bill paper, and the individual transactions entered upon it as the bills. The paper on which the-duplicate record is made we will call the record paper, and the roll-from which this paper is drawn'will be called" the record supply roll, whilethe roll into which it is wound will be called the record storage roll.

While we illustrate our ii'nproved register a's carrying but two strips of paper, the considerations above setfort-h may be appliech in a: general way,- to the machine when arrangedto deal with any plurality of papers.

In the drawings 1, indicates a base: I

2 two pairs of sidewise' open bearings pro"ecting up from the base at the end of the general register opposite its discharging end: i

i 3; a sii-nilar bearing near the'discharge end of the machine and provided with a side opening:

h a pair of bearings with their common of bearing 3:

5, a bearing in alinement with bearing 3:

6; pivots supported by the base near one or its ends:

7, a skeleton frame extending over the above-mentioned bearings and having its hcel'ino't'iiited on the pivots 6:

8, a writing tablet or platen carried by axis disposed near and parallel with the axis 55 of this flange engaging the open bearing 3:

the frame and having an upwardly presenting surface:

9, a casing disposed over and secured to the base and adapted to house the mechanism mounted on the base:

10, lugs supported fixedly by the base and adapted to enter suitable apertures in the end wall of the casing when the casing is in place: 11, alock and key arrangement disposed at the end of the apparatus opposite the lagged end and serving to prevent the displacement of the casing from the base:

12, a wicket through the roof of the casing, over the tablet, this wicket providing. for writing being done upon paper lying on the tablet, and the relationship of theunder 1 surface of the roof-of the casingto the upper surface of the tablet being such-as to permit the presence. of the papers and to permit of the clamping of those papers when the vplaten and easing are approached relative to each other:

13, the supply roll of bill-paper:

13, the supply roll of record paper:

14, the spindle for the bill-supply roll 13, this spindle being mounted in one pair of the bearings 2, this spindle having a flange near one of its ends, inwardly of the bearing supporting that end:

15, a flange removably loose on the opposite end of the s indle:

' side of bearings 2:

for the record-supply roll 13, th1s spindle being mounted in the second i 16, the hub 0 this flange, the same projecting outwardly and engaging in the appropriate one of the bearings 2:

17, springs supported by gaging peripheral grooves in the spindle l t on the side corresponding with the open 18, the spindle pair of bearings 2 and being provided with flanges and retaining springs, as has been described in connection with spindle '14: i 19, the removable flange of spindlelS:

20, the spindle for the record storage roll,

this spindle being supportedby the bearings 3 and 5, and beingdiametrically slotted to receive the end of the strip of record paper which is to be. rolled up, this slot exvtendingfto and out of one extreme end of the spindle:

21, a removable flangefor spindle 20, at

that end of the spindle which is open by reason of the presence of the slot, the hub a gear at the end of spindle 20 opposite. the end which bears the removable an open diametrical grooi'e, the end of.

mounted for rotation in bearing 5 and having its inner-surface provided with an axial socket and with a convex inner face having the base and en- I 23, a hub for this gear, the same being 1 spindle 20, opposite the end having the loose flange, engaging loosely within the socket pair of them, provided with embossing surfaces adapted to effect the embossment of paper passing between the rolls, the illustration, in Fig. 9, illustrating the periphcries of all of the rolls as being provided with embossing surfaces formed by nurl- 26, that portion of the roof of the casing at the discharge end of the register, this portion being higher than the balance of the roof ofthe casing and having an out- .wardly convex crosssection, this portion of :the roof of the casing being disposed over the group of rolls 25:

27, a slot through this elevated roof-portion of the casing, and extending widthwise .of the casing, and having a length somewhat in excess of the width of the papers to be dealt with v 28, a strut carried, by the frame 7 to the rear of the tablet and being, preferably, disposed at an angle so that its upper edge is nearer the tablet:

29, a slot through this strut and having a length somewhat in excess of the papers being dealt with:

30, a guide-rod or roll carried by the tab let-frame between the strutand the rear end of thefltablet and having its upper surface about level with the tablet:

31, a similar guide-rod or roll carried by the tablet-frame to the rear of the strut:

32. the strip of bill-paper, passing from its supply-roll 13, which is mounted on spindle 1&, over the guide-rod 31, between the tablet and the wicketed portion of the .roof of the casing, through the group of rolls and out through the-slot 27, which slot provides a tearing edge: a

33, a portion of the bill-paper withdrawn outwardlythrough slot 27 and adapted to be torn off 34, a: record spindle 20:

34:. the strip of record paper, passing from its supply-roll 13, over the guide-rod 30, between the tablet and the bill-paper thereover, between a pair of the rolls 25, and then to its storage-roll 34: 4

storage roll, wound on metgtz 35, apiece t ezii'beii papef' hevfingitsheel end extending t'hteugh the slot i'n the strut, and extei'iding n er the strut and tablet: p p

36', u eountershhft' ohi'naled' in bearinlg 's 4:

31, a fingerpmce fast on this c unte'rslftt, exterior to the casing ahd adapted to serve in oscillatingthe shaft 38. geztr loese Oh the ceiin t efshzt'tt ztn'd eiee e i 22 p t 89,31 ratchet fast on the eehnteishzt'ft, eutr y. of em-. 8];

40, uf springq'mwl ca'rfied by geef 38 and engagingthe ratchet: I H

4L1; v21' st0p pa\ Vl serving te prevent the backward moven'i'nt of the ratchet as the pawl retreats: V I v 1 42, an pward p ejeetibn fien' shaft 3 6, and adapted to engage un'dr caih shhped surfaces earl 'ie d by the free eh'ctf the'tahl'etframe, se that wl'lllfille ceuntei sh zi t't is in normal angular eenditiei the tztblet xi ill" be pressed upwardly so as to clziiip the papers between the platen and the \kimketed reef 6f the casing, this piefeetion being illusti "d as a Wire bail hzwin'g its body ex'ten 1g along the eeuntershuttand hating its ends secured fixedh in the shzitt L3, a spring cotiperating i ith' the cometarshaft and adapted to urge projectien 42 to its upper position {hid the tingei' fa'iece 37 to its lower position:

l4, :1 fixed stop adapted to limit the turning of the countershat't in either direction, the illustration showing this stop is beihg IEOlll'lQtl by a, pin CttI'llQCl by di'ie pf bee i'i'n'gs & and adapted to' be engaged by the bail 42: and L -l5, a blade spring" pivoted it its heel, shown as being pivoted on the eoi i'ntershzttt, the tree portion of this spring havi'i'lg it perforation engaging .the' tient en'd 9f fllGl'GC- erdsterhgz'e spindle '20 end preventing; the displacement of the spindle from beefing 3.

When the register is lezided and 1"eid for use, it eontztinsthe two stlp'ply -i'ells Of paper and the Carbon 'nq'iei'. th'i'eade f t hills been indicated; the lo'uding and tl'i'i'ez'idingj being, of course. done while the casin absent and thetztblet frame turned upi'va' d. O'seiillations Of the fingei'p'iec e sei've, in ah dbt ions manner, to dranfthe reeefd' paper forward and wind it up on the i'ece i'd storage roll; fidtancing nit'weinent being gi 'xen t0 the pit-15ers to any extent desired. Thus. at etieh use, bf thel'nachine, the pepei's nut be advent-ed it distanee represented by in'ditidtiztl billblzinks foru'led by the bill-Wiper, 01' the bill paper nmy be blank and at ea ch tis'e of the machine the pz'ipei's may be advzu'ieed sneh distance eehstant er t nvine; as coii'esp'ends with the notations te be made upon the billpepel". The bill-plpei' iste rneflpivhen' desii-ed, at slot '27. theleivei' peition 0t i'vhihh is threatechthe-con'ezi've content (if the slotted pei't'i'en f'the ebt qt the easing roviding. sehi'e'e hat actite teaii'ng" edges at the Walls of the slots. 4 p p As the record-paper is pulled thfeiigh the na'cl' i ne, bj the winding ic-tien Of the reee d sto alg relhjt p'lills the bill pitper :ileng with it by reason ofthe friction betyy'ejn the two pa ers :iiid by l'easel'i 6f the hi dd'oll"net-i611 (it tells wl'iieh Qf'ie t0ieed to tu'in by the th-agg h'ig aetion (3f the recei 'd v when the heel end ear: the piece (3f n phper is put through the Slot 35' tn the strut atnd the papeithen turned dettn ot er the recei d paper" it is t'pund iii piaetie e that the heel of the ezu'b'n pipe!- is held it is free at its fei'ward end.

Spiing 43" causes the tablet to he normally pressed upwardly s(')' as to' elzfnip' the edges of the papers nicely areu nd' the mite gins 6f the wicket and prevent the papers being shifted by the hand (31' by the action Of the \t'riting iihple uien't. hen the Writi'n ha s been den end the filigi'plece is meted to' z'l'd'ya nee the strip papers, its first aetienis te felease the platen froin its elzuhping oth'e'e; thus permitting the phliei's to move freely. hen the casing is in place it i's held by the 10th and lu s, thus preventing' unzuitherized opening of the casi'r'i'g' to gitfe access to the stored recoi'c'hund preventing the rising (it the Casing undel the influence of the upwardly p're sed plz'tten'.

The running of the mam-s thi'mtgh the tolls 25 emhe sses the papers After the Vi-ii"- i'ng has been done and p'i'et'en'ts t0 :1 vet-y large degf'e,'tl1e possibility (if altering {thy Writing OI'i' the papers. The en ibossing to be pi'otluced may be of an set chmi-acter, such Wduld' be predu'eedbv uniformly kh'ui'l'ed tolls, 01 the em'bessin'g' inuy be in the form of raised lettering 01' designs'ter advertising effect. As the paper runs between pair of rolls to' receive its eiiibossing. one toll of the pe iifl sets as :1" Counter rmthe Othei" toll, the el'iibbssil'ig pressure t'n'kii'i r place against the ceuhter 1-(')ll.' end while :1 there milling of both rblls of the pair is saitisfactbiy and pref'e m'ble, it is not essential that the peiipheijy of the co'r telroll (if the pair beer tiny Hurling Ol the like, as the single einbossin igroll will produce a memoile s s'itisfietei-y leeal dist'et-tioi'l of the substance of the ptper's' \then C06p'e1ziting with a hard 01; sett Counter-roll with a plain peri hery; and zit the same time have such aggressive contact with the papers as t6 cause thebill-strip to be ch-e ged along With the recorden-i It the carbon paper be deuble-ftte'ed then the Writing \till sipear oh the from and back it the liilll ptper ,ing the rolls 15 and 19 to the right, against the resistance, of springs 17, thetwo empty rolls, to call them such, may be removed from their bearings; their loose flanges may be removed; supply-rolls of paper may be placed on the spindle and the looseflanges replaced; and the two full rolls may .then

be placed in their bearings, by first flexing the springs 17 forwardly, the springs then engaging the grooves in the spindles, thus preventing the spindles fro-m becoming displaced from their bearings, and the springs being prevented from becoming displaced outwardly sidewise. The strip from the record supply roll is then passed up over the guide 30 and the tablet andthrough the embossing-rolls on the upturned tabletframe, and then down and into connection with the slotted storage'spindle 20.

The tablet-frame is then to be turned down to working position andthe carbon paper is to be applied as has been indicated, after which the bill-paper is-to be threaded in proper course and the cover applied- When the register is opened for the purpose of removing the record-roll, spring 45 is sprung sidewise thus permitting one end of the storage roll to be swung rearward free of its bearing. the opposite end of the spindle of the roll being then freely disengageable from its clutch connection with hub 23, all gearing being thus left undisturbed when the storage-roll is removed. By removing 'the'loose flange from the removed storage-roll the recordroll may be readily pulled from the spindle, whereupon the empty spindle, with its loose flange replaced, may be restored to its working position. x

We claim 1. An autographic register comprising, a tablet, a wicketed casing over the tablet. the casing and tablet being relatively movable and adapted to receive freely andto clamp papers between them. an agent normally urging the casing and. tablet toward each other, and manually operative means for rendering said agent inactive, combined substantially as set forth.

2. An autographic register comprising, a tablet, a wicketed casing over the tablet, the casing and tablet being relatively movable and adapted to receive freely and to normally clamp papers between them, -a spindle for a record storage roll. .a finger-piece operatively connected with sa1d spindle for turn- 1ng 1t. and operative connections between the finger-piece and the tablet for permitting moving the tablet relatively away from the casing while the spindle is turning forwardly, combined substantially as set forth. 3. An autographic register comprising, a

. tablet, a wicketed casingover the tablet, the

the casing, combined substantially as set forth.

4. An autographic register comprising, a

wicketed casing, a tablet frame disposed thereunder and having pivotal support at one end, a tablet carried by the tablet-frame,

- a spring urging the tablet and casing into normal clamping relationship, and means for rendering said spring inactive combined substantially asset forth.

5..An autographic register comprising, a wicketed casing, a tablet-frame disposed thereunder and having pivotal support at one end, a tablet carried by the tablet-frame, a springurging the tablet toward the casing, and hand-operated mechanism for rendering said spring inactive so as to permit the moving of the tablet in the direction away from the casing, combined. substantially as set forth.

6. .An autographic register comprising, a removable wicketed casing, a tablet disposed thereunder, a pivotally supported tabletframe carrying the tablet, and a strut carried by the tablet-frame at the initial end of the tablet and provided with a slot exby the tablet-frame at the initial end of the tablet and provided with a slot for the ating rolls carried by and moving with the tablet-frame at the terminal end of the tablet, combined substantially as set forth.

I 8. An autographic register comprising, a base, a pair of supply-rolls supported thereby, a record storage-roll supported by the base, a tablet supported by the base i above the level of the rolls. and a pairof embossing rolls supported below the tablet in position to engage the pair of papers coming over the tablet from the supply-rolls, combined substantially as set forth.

9. An autographic register comprising. a base, a pair of supply-rolls carried thereby, a record storage-roll carried thereby. a tablet-frame pivoted to the base, a tablet carried by the tablet-frame above the level of tending lengthwise of and entirely through I heel of a piece of carbon paper, and cooperthe rolls, and embossing rolls carried by the free end of the tablet-frame and adapted to engage the pair of papers coming from the supply-rolls regardless of the angular position of the tablet-frame, combined substantially as set forth.

10. An autographic register comprising, a wicketed casing, a Vertically vibratable tablet disposed under the wicket, an oscillatory shaft, a finger-piece for oscillating the shaft, and a projection from the shaft engaging the tablet and adapted to bring about the vibrating of the tablet as the fingerpiece is actuated, combined substantially as set forth.

11. An autographic register comprising, a wicketed casing, a vertically vibratable tablet disposed under the wicket, an oscillatory shaft, a fingerpiece for oscillating the shaft, a projection from the shaft engaging the tab let and adapted to bring about the raising and lowering of the tablet as the fingerpiece is actuated, and a spring urging the projection into a position to hold the tablet in its raised position, combined substantially as set forth,

12. An autographic register comprising, a wicketed casing, a vertically vibrata-ble tablet and tablet frame disposed thereunder, a shaft, a finger-piece for oscillating the shaft, and a bail-wire having its body extending along but some distance from the shaft and adapted to engage the tablet-frame and having its ends bent at right angles and secured in the shaft, and a spring urging the bail to active position, combined substantially as set forth.

13. An autographic register comprising, a pair of bearings, a record storage roll spindle carried thereby, a gear connected with the spindle, a countershaft, a gear loose thereon and engaging the first-mentioned gear, pawl and ratchet mechanism connecting said loose gear and the countershaft, a fingerpiece connected with the countershaft, a supply-roll, and a tablet supported above the level of the rolls and adapted to support. the paper on its way between the rolls, combined substantially as set forth.

14. An autographic register comprising, a bearing, a hub journaled in the bearing and having an axial socket in its inner face, a gear fast on said hub, an open-sided bearing in line with the first-mentioned bearing, astorage-roll spindle having one end sup ported by the opeirsided bearing and having its other end loosely engaging said socket, a clutch connection between the hub and the end of the spindle engaging its socket, a supply-roll, and a. tablet supported above the level of the rolls and adapted to support the paper on its way between the rolls, combined substantially as set forth.

15. An autographic register comprising, a bearing, a hub journaled in the bearing and having an axial socket in its inner face and provided with a diametrical groove, a gear fast on said hub, an open-sided bearing in line wit-h the first-mentioned bearing, a storage-roll spindle having one end supported by the open-sided bearing and hav ing its other end loosely engaging" said socket, a pin crossing the socket end of the spindle and engaging the groove in the hub, a supply-roll, and a tablet supported abov'e the level of the rolls and adapted to supportthe paper on its way between the rolls, combined substantially as set forth.

16. An autographie register comprising, a bearing, a hub journaled in the bearing and having an axial socket in its inner face and provided with a diamet-rical groove, :1 gear fast on said hub, an open-sided bearing in line with the first-mentioned bearing, a storage-roll spindle having one end supported by the open-sided bearing and having its other end loosely engaging said socket, a pin crossing the socket end of the spindle and engaging the groove in the hub, a blade-spring provided with a perforation engaging the end of the spindle supported by the open-sided bearing, a supply-roll, and a tablet supported above the level of the rolls and adapted to support the paper on its way between the rolls, combined substantially as set forth.

STANLEY M. RATLIFF. lVILLIAM L. PAYNE.

Witnesses G. E. HEGKERT, C. HAAS.

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